Rare Monsters

  During the early 1990's, in the village Petropavlovsk, Russia, was an encounter with one of the strangest cryptids I've ever heard of. This location was hardly a stranger to fortean weirdness, as it was the home to ghost lights, ufos and sightings of flying humanoid creatures. Yet the Ivanitsky creature stands out even among such sightings. The Ivanitsky family had just moved into the area, likely not knowing about the local's history with high strangeness. The first unusual thing they encountered was unexplained chirping noises coming from various parts of their house, in the walls, the attic, and so forth. Yet the family just assumed it was crickets. After a little over a week of these occurrences, the chirping started to come from under the bed of one of the sons. Father Ivanitsky took a look under the bed and saw a ball of fur. He assumed it was a stray dog that had somehow entered the house and curled up there. Father Ivanitsky used a broom handle to force the creatu...

  The indrik is a gigantic unicorn from Slavic mythology. The Indrik has ancient roots going back to Slavic paganism and predates Christianity bringing legends of western European unicorns to Russia. Its inspiration may lie with the Khara from Persia, a similarly huge unicorn. The indrik was massive, being larger than all other beasts. It was also said to be the 'father' of beasts, being both their originator and an example for them to strive towards. The indrik was associated with strength and might. It was also associated with purity and protection from evil, even before associations with western European unicorns. The indrik was the opponent of serpents, both small and monstrous. The indrik had the head of a bull, the body of a horse and the hooves of a deer. There was a large single horn in the middle of its forehead the color of amber. Although two horned depictions exist as well, usually with the horns one in front of each other, like a rhinoceros. The indrik is best kn...